UNITED KINGDOM: London: Winston
Churchill has ordered a military mission, led by a senior British officer to
join Tito in his campaign against the Germans in Yugoslavia. After years of
being unable to decide whether to back Tito's partisans or the rival Chetnik
army led by General Mihailovich, the British now believe that the former have
emerged as the only effective force against the Axis in Yugoslavia.

But although the Chetniks are co-operating with the Italians
against Tito's partisans, the British will continue to drop supplies to them,
largely because of pressure from the Yugoslav government in exile.

GERMANY: Obersalzberg: Hitler
tells an acquaintance who has questioned the deportation of Jews in occupied
Europe: "Germany has lost half a million .... on the battlefield. Am I to
preserve and minister to these others? .... You must learn how to hate."

NEW GUINEA: The Second Battle of Labadia Ridge
ends. (Michael Alexander)

AUSTRALIA: A censure motion on the
government of Prime Minister Curtin is defeated by one vote. The PM announces that he will advise the
Governor-General to dissolve Parliament.

PACIFIC OCEAN: US troops land in the
Trobriand Islands, southeast of New Guinea, without meeting any opposition.

U.S.A.: The motion picture
"Dixie" is released in the U.S. This musical biography of pioneer
minstrel Dan Emmet, is directed by Edward Sutherland and stars Bing Crosby,
Dorothy Lamour, Marjorie Reynolds and Eddie Foy, Jr. Two of the songs in the
film are "Dixie," written by Emmet, and "Sunday, Monday or
Always." (Jack McKillop)